Cold blood versus cold crystalloid cardioplegia for repair of ventricular septal defects in pediatric heart surgery: a randomized controlled trial Massimo Caputo, MD, Paul Modi, Hajime Imura, MD, Ashwinikumar Pawade, Andrew J Parry, M-Saadeh Suleiman, PhD, Gianni D Angelini The Annals of Thoracic Surgery Volume 74, Issue 2, Pages 530-535 (August 2002) DOI: 10.1016/S0003-4975(02)03695-0
Fig 1 Time-related changes in mean troponin I serum concentrations in the cold blood cardioplegia (CBC) group (dotted bars) and cold crystalloid cardioplegia group (lined bars). Error bars represent 95% confidence intervals. p < 0.0001 versus control for all postoperative levels; ∗p = 0.01 versus CBC group. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2002 74, 530-535DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(02)03695-0)
Fig 2 Total troponin I release in cold blood cardioplegia (CBC) group and cold crystalloid cardioplegia (CCC) group by age: infants (lined bars) and children (dotted bars). Error bars represent 95% confidence intervals. ∗p = 0.01 versus CBC and children in CCC group. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2002 74, 530-535DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(02)03695-0)
Fig 3 Time-related changes in mean lactate concentration in the cold blood cardioplegia (CBC) group (dotted bars) and cold crystalloid cardioplegia group (lined bars). Error bars represent 95% confidence intervals. ∗p = 0.05 versus control and CBC group. The Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2002 74, 530-535DOI: (10.1016/S0003-4975(02)03695-0)